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JOSEPH n. YOUNG, or HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKEINING OR WHNDING MACHENE.

SPEGIFIGATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,917, dated December 7, 901- Applieation filed March 22, 1901. Serial No. 52,343. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH II. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hadley, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Skeining or Winding Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in skeining or winding machines in which a rotary cylinder, provided with movable segments and heating appliances, operates in conjunction with speed-regulating and tension rolls and thread-guides, interchangeable bearings being arranged for the support of one end of said cylinder; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a machine for stretching, winding, and drying silk or thread at a single operation and in much less time than has been found possible heretofore, thus getting a better product as a result of the use of my machine; second, to produce skeins of silk or thread; third, to alford facilities for the easy removal of the silk or thread from the cylinder of the machine, and, fourth, to furnish a machine with the advantages herein pointed out severally or collectively. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of one end of the cylinder and its appurtenances, and Fig. 1 a similar view of the opposite end; Fig. 2, a reduced side view of my machine, the middle portion, which is a duplication of parts shown, being omitted; Fig. 3, a reduced crosssection through the watertank, showing, one of the speed-regulating devices; Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section through the right-hand end of said cylinder looking toward the left, and Fig. 5 a similar view showing the movable segments drawn inwardly.

The winding'cylinder is some ten feet, more or less, in length. Hence the end portions only are shown in the drawings, and but two each of the thread-handling members below said cylinder are shown in Fig. 2. It is believed,

however, that the drawings sufficiently illustrate my invention to render the same easily understood. A cylinder ten feet long accommodates about twenty skeins, necessitating the provision of a like number of speed-reg ulating rolls, of tension-rolls, and of threadguides, thus entailing a mere duplication of the parts shown and described; and actuating mechanism for the movable segments in every particular like that shown in the drawings at each end of the cylinder may be employed one or more times intermediate of the ends, if desired.

Similar figures and letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The winding-cylinder consists of the'fixed segmental plates 10 and the movable segmental plates 11, extending the entire length of said cylinder, and of the end plates 12 and 13, which latter receive and are securely at tached to the tube or hollow shaft 14. There are four fixed and four movable segments shown in the drawings, arranged alternately;

but the number is not material, although this arrangement is very satisfactory. llnside of the cylinder are the spiders 15, having the short arms 16 and the long arms 17, to which latter the segments 10 are attached. The arms 17 also directly support the pipes 18 and indirectly the pipes 19, which are connected to said pipes 18 at their right-hand ends. The spiders 15 are rigidly attached to the tube 14, which passes through them. The horizontal tube 14 extends beyond the end plate 13 to form a hub for the cylinder, and theplugs 20 and 2l in said tube, at or near opposite ends thereof, form bearings for the independent horizontal shaft 22, locating it in the center of both tube and cylinder. Said shaft may be turned by means of the hand-wheel 23 on its outer or right end.

The bevel-gears 24 are fast on opposite terminals of the shaft 22 Within the cylinder and mesh with the bevel-gears 25 on the inner ends of the spindles 26, which turn in suitable bearings in the tube 14., being held in place by the collars 27 and pins 28. The spindles 26 are threaded above the collars 27 to engage the slides 29, which are rigidly attached to the plates or segments 11 and operate in the grooves or guideways 16 in the short spider-arms 16.

When the parts just described are normally disposed, the cylinder has a continuous periphery on which the silk or thread is wound; but by turning the shaft 22 in the proper direction the segments llare drawn inward,

as shown in Fig. 5, to remove the tension from the skeins 0t. When the segments 11 are thus disposed, openings are formed below the skeins a for the passage of binding-strands,

5 and after being bound said skeins may be easily moved longitudinally along and from the cylinder, or in case the material on the cylinder is not formed into skeins its removal is as readily facilitated by the inward displacement of the segments 11. After the skeins have been removed from the cylinder the shaft 22 is turned in the opposite direction until the segments 11 are actuated outwardly to again form a continuous periphery with the fixed segments 10.

The material on the cylinder is dried by means of the heat in the latter, which is supplied by the direct pipes 18 and the returnpipes 19, the former being for the live steam or hot water which is permitted to escape through the latter. Each pipe 18 is connected with the lower companion pipe 19 at the right-hand end of the cylinder by the short pipe and elbows in the usual manner. The interior of the cylinder is heated to the requisite temperature for drying the material on the outside thereof by the internal pipes, as shown and described, sixteen being employed in thisinstance; but of course more or less may be used to meet any requirement. The left-hand end plate 12 is integral with the tube or hollow shaft 31, which supports this end of the cylinder, resting in a suitable bearing in the frame 32 of the ma- 5 chine, and has the driving-gear 33 fast on the outer end thereof. The live steam or hotwater chamber 34 is formed in the tube 31 by the shaft-bearing 20 and the stuffing-box 35, and the pipes 18 open into said chamber through the pipes 36, the nipples 37, threaded to said tube, and ordinary elbows and Ts. The main return-pipe 38 is centrally located in the tube 31, being held in place by the stuffing-box 35 atitsinner end and the bushing 39 at the outer end of said tube. The pipe 38 has the nipple 38 for connection with a waste-pipe. The inner end of the pipe 38 is closed by a projection or shoulder that supports the corresponding end of the main supply pipe 40, extending through the same to the chamber 34, and the outer end is closed by the cap 41, which also supports the corre- 'sponding end of said pipe 40. The pipes 38 and 40 do not revolve; but the bushing 39 and the stuffing-box 35 rotate on said pipe 38 with the tube 31 and attached parts. The nipples 42 are screwed into the tube 31 and the stuffing-box 35 and communicate with the interior of the pipe 38, outside of the pipe 40, through the passages 43 in said stuffingbox and holes 38 arranged at frequent intervals in said pipe; or in place of the holes 38 the pipe 38 may be in two sections separated to leave a continuous annular opening between adjacent ends of said sections. The pipes 19 are connected with the nipples 42 by the pipes 44 and elbows and Ts.

The pipe 40 connects with some heating ap paratus, the steam or water from which enters said pipe and passes in the direction of the arrows I) through the direct conduits and returns in the direction of the arrows 0 through the return-conduits. -It will be understood that the several heating-conduits, with the exception of the pipes 38 and 40, revolve with the cylinder.

In order to provide for the ready removal of the skeins a from the end of the cylinder, it is necessary to cut away the plate 13, as shown at 13, Fig. 1, leaving space therein for the reception of adjacent parts of the segments 11 when drawn toward the center. Said segments are provided with the overhanging lips 11 to close the openings 13 when the segments are outwardly disposed to prevent the escape of the hot air in the cylinder.

One end of the cylinder is supported by interchangeable movable members in order that the material wound thereon may be removed, but one of said members being in use at a time. For this purpose a swinging gate and a lifting-jack are found adequate. Referring to Fig. 2, the gate 45 is pivoted at 45 to the frame 32 and receives the outer terminal of the hollow shaft 14, which has the annular rib 14 to register witha corresponding groove in the gate-bearing for the purpose of locking and steadying the parts. The shaft or tube 14 revolves freely in the gate-bearing. Beneath the end of the cylinder, adjacent to the gate 45, but normally remote from said cylinder, is the saddle 46, held in a substantially upright position by a guide extending from the frame 32 and pivoted at its lower end to the lever 47. The lever 47 is pivoted inter mediate of its ends to a suitable frame-bracket and has the downwardly-extending foot-rod 48 pivoted to its left end, said rod being guided by said bracket. The spring 49, introduced between the left terminal of the lever 47 and its bracket, normally causes the saddle 46 to be drawn away from the cylinder, the pin 50 limiting the movement in this direction. When the rod 48 is depressed to its fullest extent, the spring-actuated latch 51 closes over the tread of said rod and holds the parts until released by disengaging said latch.

The skeins ct may be removed from the cylinder in the manner hereinbefore described from time to time and permitted to hang on the gate 45 until enough of them have accumulated, when pressure is applied to the footrod 48 and the saddle 46 elevated through the medium of the lever 47. The saddle 46 is liftedinto contact with the cylinder and then raises the end of the latter until the shaft 14 clears the gate-bearing, when the latch 51 operates to lock the parts and the gate 45 is swung away from said shaft the length of the cylinder, and its supporting parts are so great that the free endof the tube 14 can be sprung upward sufiiciently to allow it to clear ess,e v

the gate 45 Without making special provision for this movement. Such provision might have to be made, however, in a short ma chine; but any common mechanical contrivance for making a joint for the purpose could be adopted in this event. The skeins are removed from the gate 45, which is again swung into position'beneath the shaft 14. The latch 51 is forced away from the tread of the rod 48, and said shaft settles into contact with said gate, the saddle 46 being withdrawn from the cylinder by means of the spring 49.

The main driving-gear 33 has an internal bevel-gear 52, which meshes with the bevelgear 53, fast on the top of the vertical shaft 54, journaled to the frame 32. The bevelgears 55, 56, and 57 are tight on the shaft 54 below the gear 53. The gear 57 meshes with the bevel-gear 58 on the end of the shaft 59, journaled in the ends of the water-tank 60, and rsaid shaft carries the speed-regulating rolls 61. The spools 62 are pressed toward the rolls 61 by the spring-pressed arms 63, pivoted at 63 in the tank 60, the silk (or thread) on said spools intervening between adjacent surfaces of the rotary members. The arms 63 may be slotted to provide for the ready removal of empty spools and the insertion of full ones in the tank 60. The rolls 61 are driven at a predetermined speed, and the silk is unwound from the spools 62 at a uniform speed regardless of the diameter of the mass of silk on said spools, because of the fact that the revolution of the latter is dependent upon the surface in contact with the unwinding-rolls, thus providing a regular and constant feed for the silk.

Any suitable means for pressing the feedrolls and the silk-wound spools into contact may be substituted for that shown and described.

The silk passes from the spools 62 to the tension-rolls 64, suspended above the former and driven at a little greater speed than said spools by any suitable means, as the pinions 65 and the gears 66 on the shaft 67, which has the bevelgear 68 to mesh with the gear 56. The silk from each spool 62 is turned once or twice around the companion roll 64. This arrangement slightly stretches the silk. The shaft 67 is properlyjournaled in frame-bearings, and the bar which supports the rolls 64 is rigidly attached to stable frame projections or brackets. The silk passes from the tension-rolls 64 through the guides 69 to the cylinder, the surface of which travels slightly faster than that of said rolls, and thus stretches said silk again with a constant and uniform pull as it is wound on said cylinder. The guides 69 extend from the rod 70, reciprocated by the crank 71, driven by the bevelgear 72, meshing with the gear 55. The guides 69 cause the silk to wind evenly upon the cylinder. One end of the rod 70 is attached to the crank 71 and the opposite end slides in the swivel-bearing 73, supported from the saddle-guide. The rod 70 may be reciprocated by a cam or otherwise.

Heretofore it has been necessary to prepare the silk after leaving the spools in several separate and distinct operations at the expense of much time and labor. My machine unwinds the silk from the spools, stretches it, winds it into skeins, and dries it at practically a single operation, besides affording facilities for tying and removing the skeins. This overcomes the objections to the old method and results in a much better product.

The machine is not only adapted to handle silk and thread, as previously stated, but tape, paper, or any material capable of similar treatment, and the cylinder may be employed alone for winding or winding and drying purposes when the various auxiliary devices are not required. In handling paper or other wide material the guides would be dispensed with and also the tension-rolls.

While it is believed that gears are best adapted for operating the movable segments, 1 am aware that cams or other mechanical equivalents will do this work. Variations in the driving mechanism and other minor changes besides those mentioned in this specification may be made without departing from the nature of my invention.

'What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A Winding cylinder comprising alternately-arranged fixed and movable segments normally forming a continuous periphery, a hollow shaft to support said segments, and a second shaft in said hollow shaft, for actuating all of the movable segments.

2. A winding-cylinder comprising a plurality of alternately-arranged fixed and movable segments normally forming a continuous periphery, end plates, a hollow shaft to support said segments and end plates, and a second shaft in said hollow shaft, for actuating all of the movable segments.

3. Awinding-cylinder comprising fixed and movable peripheral segments and end plates, one of said plates being cut away in conformity with the travel of said movable segments.

4. In combination, a winding-cylind er comprising fixed and movable peripheral segments, with means for heating said cylinder, substantially as set forth.

5. In combination, a winding-cylinder comprising fixed and movable peripheral segments, end plates, one of the latter being cut away in conformity with the travel of said movable segments, and lips on the movable segments to close the openings in said plate when the segments are disposed outwardly, with means for heating the interior of said cylinder, substantially as set forth.

6. In combination, a rotary cylinder having alternately-arranged fixed and movable segments normally forming a continuous periphery, a hollow shaft to support said segments, a second shaft capable of independent motion, in said hollow shaft, and connections between the internal shaft and all of the movable segments whereby the latter are operated, substantially as set forth.

' 7. In combination, ahollow shaft supporting fixed and movable segment-s,an independent shaft journaled in said hollow shaft, said movable segments all being operatively connected with said independent shaft and arranged alternately with said fixed segments and normally forming therewith a continuous periphery, and end plates supported by the hollow shaft, one of said plates being cut away in conformity with the travel of the movable plates, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, of a hollow shaft having spiders attached thereto, a cylinder supported by said shaft and spiders provided with alternately-arranged fixed and movable peripheral segments normally forming a continuous periphery, an independent shaft journaled in said hollow shaft, slides attached to said movable segments and operated in certain of the spider-arms, gear-provided threaded spindles engaging said slides, and gears on said independent shaft meshing with the spindle-gears, substantially as described.

9. In combination with a winding-cylinder, a hollow rotary shaft, stationary inlet and outlet pipes therein, and a series of heating pipes leading from said inlet and outlet pipes into said cylinder and adapted to revolve therewith, said heating-pipes extending longitudinally through the interiorof the cylinder, substantially as set forth.

10. In combination with a winding-cylinder, a hollow rotary shaft, a stationary inlet-pipe leading into an internal chamber, and direct heat-supply pipes leading from said chamber into said cylinder, extending longitudinally therein, substantially as set forth.

11. In combination with'a winding-cylinder, a hollow rotary shaft, a stationary outlet-pipe in said shaft, and return heat-supply pipes leading from said cylinder and opening into said outlet-pipe, said return-pipes extending longitudinally through the interior of said cylinder, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination, of a winding-cylinder, a hollow rotary shaft, a stationary outlet-pipe therein, a stationary inlet-pipe in the latter leading to an internal chamber, direct heatsupply pipes leading from said chamber into said cylinder, and return -pipes connected with the supply-pipes and leading from said cylinder to open into said outlet-pipe, substantially as specified.

13. The combination of a winding-cylinder comprising fixed and movable peripheral segments, end plates, one of the latter being cut away in conformity with the travel of said movable segments, and lips on the movable segments to close the openings in said plate when the segments are disposed outwardly, with a series of heating-pipes leading from inlet and outlet pipes located in a hollow shaft, into said cylinder, substantially as set forth.

14. The combination,in awinding-machine,

of a feed-spool and awinding-cylinder, a tension-roll interposed between said spool and cylinder, a reciprocating guide between said tension-roll and the cylinder and a swivel bearing the one end of said guide, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH l-I. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

J. R. SAOKETT, S. S. TAFTS, Jr. 

